Leukemia patient insists on being treated at Kanpur hospital

Doctors at Hallet hospital are in a fix as a blood cancer patient, who was injured in the Indore-Patna Express accident, has been insisting on being treated for his injuries as well as for the disease here.
However, according to doctors, he should continue his treatment at AIIMS in New Delhi where he was being treated for leukemia, as the hospital here, which is associated with GSVM Medical College, does not have an oncologist.
Pramod Kumar (49), a resident of Patna, and his family members were injured in the train derailment when they were returning to the Bihar capital in the ill-fated train, GSVM Medical College chief A K Gupta said today.

Kumar suffered fractures in his hip and shoulder bones. When he was admitted to the hospital, he informed the doctors that he has leukemia and has been getting treatment for the disease at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gupta said.
He was told that he should get the operation for the fractures done at AIIMS as the doctors there are aware of his medical history, he said, adding that the medical college was also ready to arrange an ambulance to send him to AIIMS for treatment.
However, Kumar is insisting on getting the operation and treatment for blood cancer conducted at Hallet hospital as he said he was satisfied with the therapy here, he added.

Principal of GSVM Medical College Navneet Kumar said in accordance with Kumar's wishes, he would be treated for his injuries here, but for the treatment of leukemia he would have to go to AIIMS, where he has been treated earlier, as the medical college does not have an oncologist.

Tests are now being carried out so that Kumar can be operated upon by tomorrow, Navneet said.
His wife and son are also being treated here, he added.
He said there are many victims of the train derailment admitted in the medical college and they are being treated for free.
150 people were killed in the train mishap which occurred on November 20 at Pukhrayan in Kanpur Dehat district.